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On June 2nd and 3rd, we hosted the TELUS LipSync Buildathon. While leaving the TELUS Garden with 30 more newly built LipSyncs was enough reason for elation — not to mention getting to meet an enthusiastic, hard-working group of makers at TELUS — it was an announcement by the Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, Carla Qualtrough, that had us really excited for the future.
After closing out May with a series of Maker Faires — the Bay Area Maker Faire and the Sunshine Coast Mini Maker Faire — we’re headed for a busy June full of events and Buildathons. It’s time for outreach and making.
Over the weekend, we had a great time in San Francisco at the Bay Area Maker Faire.
When Ivan, a UBC Engineering student, was looking for a job last May, the most important thing for him was making a positive impact.
Did you know that there are many different options for blind and partially sighted users when it comes to accessing technology? As we continue our series on built-in accessibility, let’s look at features designed to assist users with little or no vision that come pre-installed and require little or no setup. / Saviez-vous qu’il existe une grande variété d’options qui permettront aux personnes aveugles ou malvoyantes d’accéder à la technologie? Dans notre série portant sur l’accessibilité intégrée, nous examinons des fonctions qui s’adressent aux utilisateurs ayant une faible vision ou n’en ayant aucune et qui peuvent être activées en un rien de temps.